Clair P K, Embil J A, Fahey J
Department of Microbiology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Mil Med. 1990 Oct;155(10):489-92.
The prevalence of antibodies to cytomegalovirus (CMV) was investigated in a population of Canadian male and female military recruits entering a basic-training session in Nova Scotia. Of 660 incoming recruits, 119 (18.0%) had IgG and/or IgM antibodies to CMV detectable by a latex agglutination procedure. There was no statistically significant difference between the prevalence of CMV antibodies among male recruits (16.2%) and that among female recruits (21.8%) (p = .085). The prevalence of antibodies to CMV in this recruit population is similar to that in the general Canadian population. During the 8- to 10-week training session, 1.7% of the recruits (.8% of the males and 3.6% of the females) seroconverted to become seropositive for antibodies to CMV. There was some equivocal evidence that the females had a higher CMV seroconversion rate than did the males (p = .030). There was no significant difference between the geometric mean titers of the male and female recruits who seroconverted. This seroconversion rate suggests that CMV transmission was low during the training session even though physical crowding was present.
在新斯科舍省参加基础训练的加拿大男女新兵群体中，对巨细胞病毒（CMV）抗体的流行情况进行了调查。在660名新兵中，有119人（18.0%）通过乳胶凝集法检测出针对CMV的IgG和/或IgM抗体。男性新兵中CMV抗体的流行率（16.2%）与女性新兵（21.8%）之间无统计学显著差异（p = 0.085）。该新兵群体中CMV抗体的流行率与加拿大普通人群相似。在为期8至10周的训练期间，1.7%的新兵（男性为0.8%，女性为3.6%）血清转化为CMV抗体血清阳性。有一些不确定的证据表明女性的CMV血清转化率高于男性（p = 0.030）。血清转化的男性和女性新兵的几何平均滴度之间无显著差异。这种血清转化率表明，即使存在身体上的拥挤情况，训练期间CMV的传播率也很低。
